Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
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Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
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Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
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m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
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Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
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Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
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Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
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Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
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James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
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Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
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Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
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Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
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Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
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Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
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Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
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Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
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Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
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Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
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William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
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Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
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Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
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Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
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Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
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Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min